Route 66 Flagstaff to Seligman

Route 66 Adventure

Day 5 Part 1

Flagstaff to Seligman

Dennis and I headed out early. We had a lot to see and do. Before we even left Flagstaff I wanted to see another Giant. This Giant was the 1^st of all the Route 66 Giants. This one is an ax wielding Paul Bunyan installed in 1962, an ancestor to the 3 Illinois Giants. This Giant is located at Granny's Closet, which is said to be a great restaurant.

Leaving Flagstaff we had a variety of sights from the 66 Eaglerider to some uniquely colored townhouses.

Heading out of Flagstaff on our way to Williams, AZ.

We saw so many trains on our trip. We wished we had kept count. It would have been a staggering amount.

On to Ash Fork with a 1958 Desoto perched on the roof of DeSoto's Beauty and Barber Shop housed in an old gas station.

Next door in a pink and blue building is the Route 66 Grill.

Down the road is the Copper State Motel with its cobblestone walls.

On to Seligman and the world famous Snow Cap. This has long been the funniest food spot on '66, as the late Juan Delgadillo played a gamut of jokes and tricks on his customers, including false doorknobs, “squirting” catsup bottles and “slightly used napkins”.

Seligman has a variety of interesting places including:

The Rusty Bolt-

This is a little video I took

Me shooting some video.

The Copper Cart-

Tons of buses and motorcycles were stopped here. Seligman is a popular tourist town.

The Black Cat-

 and The Roadkill Cafe-

On down the road we came across the Arizona Territorial Jail and town front-

Well I guess this is enough for the moment and we haven't even had lunch yet.  As you can see I took tons of pictures. I LOVE to take pictures!!

Hope you are enjoying my photo blog.


 Until next time as I continue our adventure,
Have the best day EVER,
Charyl
Charyl's Web Page

Route 66 Petrified Forest to Flagstaff

Route 66 Adventure

Day 4 Part 3

Petrified Forest to Flagstaff

Much to soon Dennis and I had to leave the Petrified Forest. Altho we had not seen it all we had to move on. We headed West in search of dinosaurs.

All along Route 66 from Chicago on we have had Giant Alerts. The best book we have found on Route 66 is EZ66 Guide for Travelers by Jerry McClanahan. Jerry alerts us to Giants all along the road. Hence we were headed for Giant Dinosaurs. We spotted the 1^st ones at the Rainbow Rock Shop in Holbrook.

More dinosaurs were found at the Indian Rock Shop.

We drove to Jo & Aggie's cafe which is supposed to have awesome food but it was closed since this was Sunday. Took a few pictures then headed out to find food.

Another dinosaur we found driving around Holbrook.

Lots of places were closed since it was Sunday which is awesome. Dennis and I decided when we started our vacation that we were going to bypass fast food restaurants. We finally found Mr Maesta's which was very tasty.
 

 Found another Rock Shop with an interesting store front.

One thing I love is murals on walls.  I have taken pictures all along Route 66 of different murals.  Here is one we came across in Holbrook.





Next, we spotted the Wigwam Motel, still in Holbrook, which has been owned by the same family since 1950 when the concrete Teepees were built.

  Continuing West we came to Jackrabbit, AZ.

Dennis had to ride the Jackrabbit. I secretly wished I could have too.

On to Winslow, AZ. Standing on the corner of Winslow Arizona. The Eagles made the corner famous or the other way around – with the song Taking it Easy. Found this on the internet and thought it went well with my blog, nix the blond.

We stopped for the night in Flagstaff, AZ. Flagstaff is one of my favorite cities. Found a wonderful restaurant The Crown Railroad Cafe. The food was awesome. I highly recommend it.

 The cafe was next door to another Giant Alert – The Big Neon Guitar. The Guitar shines outside the Museum Club with was at one time the Largest Log Cabin in the
southwest.


All for now.
Until next time have an awesome day,
Charyl
My Web Page